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Automated Measurement of Speech Recognition, Reaction Time, and Speech Rate and Their Relation to Self-Reported Listening Effort for Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners Using various Maskers Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Inga Holube, Stefan Taesler, Saskia Ibelings, Martin Hansen, Jasper Ooster
In speech audiometry, the speech-recognition threshold (SRT) is usually established by adjusting the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) until 50% of the words or sentences are repeated correctly. However, these conditions are rarely encountered in everyday situations. Therefore, for a group of 15 young participants with normal hearing and a group of 12 older participants with hearing impairment, speech-recognition
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Adaptation to Noise in Spectrotemporal Modulation Detection and Word Recognition Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 David López-Ramos, Miriam I. Marrufo-Pérez, Almudena Eustaquio-Martín, Luis E. López-Bascuas, Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda
Noise adaptation is the improvement in auditory function as the signal of interest is delayed in the noise. Here, we investigated if noise adaptation occurs in spectral, temporal, and spectrotemporal modulation detection as well as in speech recognition. Eighteen normal-hearing adults participated in the experiments. In the modulation detection tasks, the signal was a 200ms spectrally and/or temporally
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Adaptation to Reverberation for Speech Perception: A Systematic Review Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Avgeris Tsironis, Eleni Vlahou, Panagiota Kontou, Pantelis Bagos, Norbert Kopčo
In everyday acoustic environments, reverberation alters the speech signal received at the ears. Normal-hearing listeners are robust to these distortions, quickly recalibrating to achieve accurate speech perception. Over the past two decades, multiple studies have investigated the various adaptation mechanisms that listeners use to mitigate the negative impacts of reverberation and improve speech intelligibility
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Effects of Monaural Temporal Electrode Asynchrony and Channel Interactions in Bilateral and Unilateral Cochlear-Implant Stimulation Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Martin J. Lindenbeck, Piotr Majdak, Bernhard Laback
Timing cues such as interaural time differences (ITDs) and temporal pitch are pivotal for sound localization and source segregation, but their perception is degraded in cochlear-implant (CI) listeners as compared to normal-hearing listeners. In multi-electrode stimulation, intra-aural channel interactions between electrodes are assumed to be an important factor limiting access to those cues. The monaural
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The Impact of Trained Conditions on the Generalization of Learning Gains Following Voice Discrimination Training Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Yael Zaltz
Auditory training can lead to notable enhancements in specific tasks, but whether these improvements generalize to untrained tasks like speech-in-noise (SIN) recognition remains uncertain. This study examined how training conditions affect generalization. Fifty-five young adults were divided into "Trained-in-Quiet" ( n = 15), "Trained-in-Noise" ( n = 20), and "Control" ( n = 20) groups. Participants
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The Benefit of Hearing Aids as Measured by Listening Accuracy, Subjective Listening Effort, and Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Jonathan M. Vaisberg, Sean Gilmore, Jinyu Qian, Frank A. Russo
There is broad consensus that listening effort is an important outcome for measuring hearing performance. However, there remains debate on the best ways to measure listening effort. This study sought to measure neural correlates of listening effort using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in experienced adult hearing aid users. The study evaluated impacts of amplification and signal-to-noise
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Neural Decoding of the Speech Envelope: Effects of Intelligibility and Spectral Degradation Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Alexis Deighton MacIntyre, Robert P. Carlyon, Tobias Goehring
During continuous speech perception, endogenous neural activity becomes time-locked to acoustic stimulus features, such as the speech amplitude envelope. This speech–brain coupling can be decoded using non-invasive brain imaging techniques, including electroencephalography (EEG). Neural decoding may provide clinical use as an objective measure of stimulus encoding by the brain—for example during cochlear
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Global, Regional, and National Burdens of Hearing Loss for Children and Adolescents from 1990 to 2019: A Trend Analysis Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Kan Chen, Bo Yang, Xiaoyan Yue, He Mi, Jianjun Leng, Lujie Li, Haoyu Wang, Yaxin Lai
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of global, regional, and national trends in the burden of hearing loss (HL) among children and adolescents from 1990 to 2019, using data from the Global Burden of Disease study. Over this period, there was a general decline in HL prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) globally, with average annual percentage changes (AAPCs) of −0.03% (95% uncertainty
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A Perspective on Auditory Wellness: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How It Can Be Managed Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Larry E. Humes, Sumitrajit Dhar, Vinaya Manchaiah, Anu Sharma, Theresa H. Chisolm, Michelle L. Arnold, Victoria A. Sanchez
During the last decade, there has been a move towards consumer-centric hearing healthcare. This is a direct result of technological advancements (e.g., merger of consumer grade hearing aids with consumer grade earphones creating a wide range of hearing devices) as well as policy changes (e.g., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration creating a new over-the-counter [OTC] hearing aid category). In addition
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Veterans with Severe Hearing Loss: A Descriptive Study Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 David R Friedmann, Andrew Nicholson, Colleen O'Brien-Russo, Scott Sherman, Joshua Chodosh
Hearing loss is common among Veterans, and extensive hearing care resources are prioritized within the Veterans Administration (VA). Severe hearing loss poses unique communication challenges with speech understanding that may not be overcome with amplification. We analyzed data from the VA Audiometric Repository between 2005 and 2017 and the relationship between hearing loss severity with speech recognition
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The Merits of Bilateral Application of Middle Ear Implants in Patients With Bilateral Conductive and/or Mixed Hearing Loss Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Martijn J.H. Agterberg, Louise Straatman, Karl-Ludwig Bruchhage, Tim Jürgens, Daniela Hollfelder, Anke Leichtle
This study investigated sound localization abilities in patients with bilateral conductive and/or mixed hearing loss (BCHL) when listening with either one or two middle ear implants (MEIs). Sound localization was measured by asking patients to point as quickly and accurately as possible with a head-mounted LED in the perceived sound direction. Loudspeakers, positioned around the listener within a range
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A Step Toward Precision Audiology: Individual Differences and Characteristic Profiles From Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Dana Cherri, David A. Eddins, Erol J. Ozmeral
Older adults with normal hearing or with age-related hearing loss face challenges when listening to speech in noisy environments. To better serve individuals with communication difficulties, precision diagnostics are needed to characterize individuals’ auditory perceptual and cognitive abilities beyond pure tone thresholds. These abilities can be heterogenous across individuals within the same population
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The Impact of Hearing Aids on Listening Effort and Listening-Related Fatigue - Investigations in a Virtual Realistic Listening Environment Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 M. Blümer, J. Heeren, B. Mirkovic, M. Latzel, C. Gordon, D. Crowhen, M. Meis, K. Wagener, M. Schulte
Participation in complex listening situations such as group conversations in noisy environments sets high demands on the auditory system and on cognitive processing. Reports of hearing-impaired people indicate that strenuous listening situations occurring throughout the day lead to feelings of fatigue at the end of the day. The aim of the present study was to develop a suitable test sequence to evoke
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Speech-Identification During Standing as a Multitasking Challenge for Young, Middle-Aged and Older Adults Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Mira Van Wilderode, Nathan Van Humbeeck, Ralf Krampe, Astrid van Wieringen
While listening, we commonly participate in simultaneous activities. For instance, at receptions people often stand while engaging in conversation. It is known that listening and postural control are associated with each other. Previous studies focused on the interplay of listening and postural control when the speech identification task had rather high cognitive control demands. This study aimed to
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Two Independent Response Mechanisms to Auditory Stimuli Measured with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Sleeping Infants Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Onn Wah Lee, Darren Mao, Julia Wunderlich, Gautam Balasubramanian, Mica Haneman, Mikhail Korneev, Colette M. McKay
This study investigated the morphology of the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) response to speech sounds measured from 16 sleeping infants and how it changes with repeated stimulus presentation. We observed a positive peak followed by a wide negative trough, with the latter being most evident in early epochs. We argue that the overall response morphology captures the effects of two simultaneous
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Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound? Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Daniel Oberfeld, Katharina Staab, Florian Kattner, Wolfgang Ellermeier
Listeners with normal audiometric thresholds show substantial variability in their ability to understand speech in noise (SiN). These individual differences have been reported to be associated with a range of auditory and cognitive abilities. The present study addresses the association between SiN processing and the individual susceptibility of short-term memory to auditory distraction (i.e., the irrelevant
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Development of a Phrase-Based Speech-Recognition Test Using Synthetic Speech Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Saskia Ibelings, Thomas Brand, Esther Ruigendijk, Inga Holube
Speech-recognition tests are widely used in both clinical and research audiology. The purpose of this study was the development of a novel speech-recognition test that combines concepts of different speech-recognition tests to reduce training effects and allows for a large set of speech material. The new test consists of four different words per trial in a meaningful construct with a fixed structure
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Impact of Hearing Aids on Language Outcomes in Preschool Children With Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Yu-Chen Hung, Pei-Hsuan Ho, Pei-Hua Chen, Yi-Shin Tsai, Yi-Jui Li, Hung-Ching Lin
This study aimed to investigate the role of hearing aid (HA) usage in language outcomes among preschool children aged 3–5 years with mild bilateral hearing loss (MBHL). The data were retrieved from a total of 52 children with MBHL and 30 children with normal hearing (NH). The association between demographical, audiological factors and language outcomes was examined. Analyses of variance were conducted
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Extending Subcortical EEG Responses to Continuous Speech to the Sound-Field Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Florine L. Bachmann, Joshua P. Kulasingham, Kasper Eskelund, Martin Enqvist, Emina Alickovic, Hamish Innes-Brown
The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is a valuable clinical tool for objective hearing assessment, which is conventionally detected by averaging neural responses to thousands of short stimuli. Progressing beyond these unnatural stimuli, brainstem responses to continuous speech presented via earphones have been recently detected using linear temporal response functions (TRFs). Here, we extend earlier
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Rapid Assessment of Tinnitus Complaints with a Modified Version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 LaGuinn Sherlock, Gregory Ellis, Alyssa Davidson, Douglas Brungart
The objective of this project was to establish cutoff scores on the tinnitus subscale of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey (THS) using a large sample of United States service members (SM) with the end goal of guiding clinical referrals for tinnitus evaluation. A total of 4,589 SM undergoing annual audiometric surveillance were prospectively recruited to complete the THS tinnitus subscale (THS-T). A subset
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Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Naomi F. Bramhall, Garnett P. McMillan
Cochlear synaptopathy, a form of cochlear deafferentation, has been demonstrated in a number of animal species, including non-human primates. Both age and noise exposure contribute to synaptopathy in animal models, indicating that it may be a common type of auditory dysfunction in humans. Temporal bone and auditory physiological data suggest that age and occupational/military noise exposure also lead
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Intracochlear Recording of Electrocochleography During and After Cochlear Implant Insertion Dependent on the Location in the Cochlea Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Sabine Haumann, Max E. Timm, Andreas Büchner, Thomas Lenarz, Rolf B. Salcher
To preserve residual hearing during cochlear implant (CI) surgery it is desirable to use intraoperative monitoring of inner ear function (cochlear monitoring). A promising method is electrocochleography (ECochG). Within this project the relations between intracochlear ECochG recordings, position of the recording contact in the cochlea with respect to anatomy and frequency and preservation of residual
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Does Intraoperative Extracochlear Electrocochleography Correlate With Postoperative Audiometric Hearing Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Surgery? A Retrospective Analysis of Cochlear Monitoring Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Sabine Haumann, Marlene Mynarek (née Bradler), Hannes Maier, Victor Helmstaedter, Andreas Büchner, Thomas Lenarz, Magnus J. Teschner
In recent years, tools for early detection of irreversible trauma to the basilar membrane during hearing preservation cochlear implant (CI) surgery were established in several clinics. A link with the degree of postoperative hearing preservation in patients was investigated, but patient populations were usually small. Therefore, this study's aim was to analyze data from intraoperative extracochlear
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An Exploration of the Memory Performance in Older Adult Hearing Aid Users on the Integrated Digit-in-Noise Test Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Shangqiguo Wang, Lena L. N. Wong
This study aimed to preliminarily investigate the associations between performance on the integrated Digit-in-Noise Test (iDIN) and performance on measures of general cognition and working memory (WM). The study recruited 81 older adult hearing aid users between 60 and 95 years of age with bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss. The Chinese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Basic (MoCA-BC)
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On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Maartje M. E. Hendrikse, Gertjan Dingemanse, André Goedegebure
Realistic outcome measures that reflect everyday hearing challenges are needed to assess hearing aid and cochlear implant (CI) fitting. Literature suggests that listening effort measures may be more sensitive to differences between hearing-device settings than established speech intelligibility measures when speech intelligibility is near maximum. Which method provides the most effective measurement
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Focusing on Positive Listening Experiences Improves Speech Intelligibility in Experienced Hearing Aid Users Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dina Lelic, Line Louise Aaberg Nielsen, Anja Kofoed Pedersen, Tobias Neher
Negativity bias is a cognitive bias that results in negative events being perceptually more salient than positive ones. For hearing care, this means that hearing aid benefits can potentially be overshadowed by adverse experiences. Research has shown that sustaining focus on positive experiences has the potential to mitigate negativity bias. The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether
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(Why) Do Transparent Hearing Devices Impair Speech Perception in Collocated Noise? Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Florian Denk, Luca Wiederschein, Markus Kemper, Hendrik Husstedt
Hearing aids and other hearing devices should provide the user with a benefit, for example, compensate for effects of a hearing loss or cancel undesired sounds. However, wearing hearing devices can also have negative effects on perception, previously demonstrated mostly for spatial hearing, sound quality and the perception of the own voice. When hearing devices are set to transparency, that is, provide
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Remixing Preferences for Western Instrumental Classical Music of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Jonas Althoff, Tom Gajecki, Waldo Nogueira
For people with profound hearing loss, a cochlear implant (CI) is able to provide access to sounds that support speech perception. With current technology, most CI users obtain very good speech understanding in quiet listening environments. However, many CI users still struggle when listening to music. Efforts have been made to preprocess music for CI users and improve their music enjoyment. This work
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Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 M. A. Johns, R. C. Calloway, I. M. D. Karunathilake, L. P. Decruy, S. Anderson, J. Z. Simon, S. E. Kuchinsky
Listening to speech in noise can require substantial mental effort, even among younger normal-hearing adults. The task-evoked pupil response (TEPR) has been shown to track the increased effort exerted to recognize words or sentences in increasing noise. However, few studies have examined the trajectory of listening effort across longer, more natural, stretches of speech, or the extent to which expectations
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Spatial Release From Masking With Bilateral Bone Conduction Stimulation at Mastoid for Normal Hearing Subjects Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jie Wang, Sijia Xie, Stefan Stenfelt, Huali Zhou, Xiaoya Wang, Jinqiu Sang
This study investigates the effect of spatial release from masking (SRM) in bilateral bone conduction (BC) stimulation at the mastoid. Nine adults with normal hearing were tested to determine SRM based on speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) in simulated spatial configurations ranging from 0 to 180 degrees. These configurations were based on nonindividualized head-related transfer functions. The participants
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Alpha-Band Dynamics of Hearing Aid Wearers Performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT) Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Christopher Slugocki, Francis Kuk, Petri Korhonen
This study measured electroencephalographic activity in the alpha band, often associated with task difficulty, to physiologically validate self-reported effort ratings from older hearing-impaired listeners performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT)—an integrative multipart assessment of speech-in-noise performance, context use, and auditory working memory. Following a single-blind within-subjects design
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Combining Cardiovascular and Pupil Features Using k-Nearest Neighbor Classifiers to Assess Task Demand, Social Context, and Sentence Accuracy During Listening Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Bethany Plain, Hidde Pielage, Sophia E. Kramer, Michael Richter, Gabrielle H. Saunders, Niek J. Versfeld, Adriana A. Zekveld, Tanveer A. Bhuiyan
In daily life, both acoustic factors and social context can affect listening effort investment. In laboratory settings, information about listening effort has been deduced from pupil and cardiovascular responses independently. The extent to which these measures can jointly predict listening-related factors is unknown. Here we combined pupil and cardiovascular features to predict acoustic and contextual
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Review of Binaural Processing With Asymmetrical Hearing Outcomes in Patients With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Sean R. Anderson, Emily Burg, Lukas Suveg, Ruth Y. Litovsky
Bilateral cochlear implants (BiCIs) result in several benefits, including improvements in speech understanding in noise and sound source localization. However, the benefit bilateral implants provide among recipients varies considerably across individuals. Here we consider one of the reasons for this variability: difference in hearing function between the two ears, that is, interaural asymmetry. Thus
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Sensitivity of Methods for Diagnosing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Cases of Exposures Including Intense Low-Frequency Noise Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Brian C.J. Moore, Graham Cox
Exposure to intense low-frequency sounds, for example inside tanks and armoured vehicles, can lead to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) with a variable audiometric pattern, including low- and mid-frequency hearing loss. It is not known how well existing methods for diagnosing NIHL apply in such cases. Here, the audiograms of 68 military personnel (mostly veterans) who had been exposed to intense low-frequency
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A Longitudinal Framework to Describe the Relation Between Age-Related Hearing Loss and Social Isolation Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Aysha Motala, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Björn Herrmann
Many older adults live with some form of hearing loss and have difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background sound. Experiences resulting from such difficulties include increased listening effort and fatigue. Social interactions may become less appealing in the context of such experiences, and age-related hearing loss is associated with an increased risk of social isolation and associated
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Assessing Speech Audibility via Syllabic-Rate Neural Responses in Adults and Children With and Without Hearing Loss Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Varsha Pendyala, William Sethares, Vijayalakshmi Easwar
An objective method for assessing speech audibility is essential to evaluate hearing aid benefit in children who are unable to participate in hearing tests. With consonant-vowel syllables, brainstem-dominant responses elicited at the voice fundamental frequency have proven successful for assessing audibility. This study aimed to harness the neural activity elicited by the slow envelope of the same
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Automated Speech Audiometry: Can It Work Using Open-Source Pre-Trained Kaldi-NL Automatic Speech Recognition? Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Gloria Araiza-Illan, Luke Meyer, Khiet P. Truong, Deniz Başkent
A practical speech audiometry tool is the digits-in-noise (DIN) test for hearing screening of populations of varying ages and hearing status. The test is usually conducted by a human supervisor (e.g., clinician), who scores the responses spoken by the listener, or online, where software scores the responses entered by the listener. The test has 24-digit triplets presented in an adaptive staircase procedure
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Toward Sound Localization Testing in Virtual Reality to Aid in the Screening of Auditory Processing Disorders Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Melissa Ramírez, Johannes M. Arend, Petra von Gablenz, Heinrich R. Liesefeld, Christoph Pörschmann
Sound localization testing is key for comprehensive hearing evaluations, particularly in cases of suspected auditory processing disorders. However, sound localization is not commonly assessed in clinical practice, likely due to the complexity and size of conventional measurement systems, which require semicircular loudspeaker arrays in large and acoustically treated rooms. To address this issue, we
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Relationships Between Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Short Form SSQ12 Item Scores and their Use in Guiding Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Recipients Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Dianne J. Mecklenburg, Petra L. Graham, Chris J. James
Cochlear implantation successfully improves hearing in most adult recipients. However, in rare cases, post-implant rehabilitation is required to maximize benefit. The primary aim of this investigation was to test if self-reports by cochlear implant users indicate the need for post-implant rehabilitation. Listening performance was assessed with the Speech, Spatial and Qualities short-form SSQ12, which
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Auditory Spatial Bisection of Blind and Normally Sighted Individuals in Free Field and Virtual Acoustics Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Stefanie Goicke, Florian Denk, Tim Jürgens
Sound localization is an important ability in everyday life. This study investigates the influence of vision and presentation mode on auditory spatial bisection performance. Subjects were asked to identify the smaller perceived distance between three consecutive stimuli that were either presented via loudspeakers (free field) or via headphones after convolution with generic head-related impulse responses
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Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 L. Behtani, D. Paromov, K. Moïn-Darbari, MS Houde, BA Bacon, M. Maheu, T. Leroux, F. Champoux
Recent studies suggest that sound amplification via hearing aids can improve postural control in adults with hearing impairments. Unfortunately, only a few studies used well-defined posturography measures to assess balance in adults with hearing loss with and without their hearing aids. Of these, only two examined postural control specifically in the elderly with hearing loss. The present study examined
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Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Virginia Best, Elin Roverud
Subjective reports indicate that hearing aids can disrupt sound externalization and/or reduce the perceived distance of sounds. Here we conducted an experiment to explore this phenomenon and to quantify how frequently it occurs for different hearing-aid styles. Of particular interest were the effects of microphone position (behind the ear vs. in the ear) and dome type (closed vs. open). Participants
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Head and Eye Movements Reveal Compensatory Strategies for Acute Binaural Deficits During Sound Localization Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Robel Z. Alemu, Blake C. Papsin, Robert V. Harrison, Al Blakeman, Karen A. Gordon
The present study aimed to define use of head and eye movements during sound localization in children and adults to: (1) assess effects of stationary versus moving sound and (2) define effects of binaural cues degraded through acute monaural ear plugging. Thirty-three youth ( MAge = 12.9 years) and seventeen adults ( MAge = 24.6 years) with typical hearing were recruited and asked to localize white
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Quantifying the Impact of Auditory Deafferentation on Speech Perception Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Jiayue Liu, Joshua Stohl, Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, Tobias Overath
The past decade has seen a wealth of research dedicated to determining which and how morphological changes in the auditory periphery contribute to people experiencing hearing difficulties in noise despite having clinically normal audiometric thresholds in quiet. Evidence from animal studies suggests that cochlear synaptopathy in the inner ear might lead to auditory nerve deafferentation, resulting
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The Right-Ear Advantage in Static and Dynamic Cocktail-Party Situations Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Moritz Wächtler, Pascale Sandmann, Hartmut Meister
When presenting two competing speech stimuli, one to each ear, a right-ear advantage (REA) can often be observed, reflected in better speech recognition compared to the left ear. Considering the left-hemispheric dominance for language, the REA has been explained by superior contralateral pathways (structural models) and language-induced shifts of attention to the right (attentional models). There is
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Evaluation of a Fast Method to Measure High-Frequency Audiometry Based on Bayesian Learning Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Chiara Casolani, Ali Borhan-Azad, Rikke Skovhøj Sørensen, Josef Schlittenlacher, Bastian Epp
This study aimed to assess the validity of a high-frequency audiometry tool based on Bayesian learning to provide a reliable, repeatable, automatic, and fast test to clinics. The study involved 85 people (138 ears) who had their high-frequency thresholds measured with three tests: standard audiometry (SA), alternative forced choice (AFC)-based algorithm, and Bayesian active (BA) learning-based algorithm
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Amplitude Compression for Preventing Rollover at Above-Conversational Speech Levels Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Michal Fereczkowski, Raul H. Sanchez-Lopez, Stine Christiansen, Tobias Neher
Hearing aids provide nonlinear amplification to improve speech audibility and loudness perception. While more audibility typically increases speech intelligibility at low levels, the same is not true for above-conversational levels, where decreases in intelligibility (“rollover”) can occur. In a previous study, we found rollover in speech intelligibility measurements made in quiet for 35 out of 74
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Safety and Early Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation of Nucleus Devices in Infants: A Multi-Centre Study. Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Tal Honigman,Sharon L Cushing,Blake C Papsin,Susan Waltzman,Jennifer Woodard,Sara Neumann,Matthew B Fitzgerald,Karen A Gordon
This multi-center study examined the safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation of children between 9 and 11 months of age. The intended impact was to support practice regarding candidacy assessment and prognostic counseling of pediatric cochlear implant candidates. Data in the clinical chart of children implanted at 9-11 months of age with Cochlear Ltd devices at five cochlear implant centers
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Easy as 1-2-3: Development and Evaluation of a Simple yet Valid Audiogram-Classification System. Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Larry E Humes,David A Zapala
Almost since the inception of the modern-day electroacoustic audiometer a century ago the results of pure-tone audiometry have been characterized by an audiogram. For almost as many years, clinicians and researchers have sought ways to distill the volume and complexity of information on the audiogram. Commonly used approaches have made use of pure-tone averages (PTAs) for various frequency ranges with
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In-situ Audiometry Compared to Conventional Audiometry for Hearing Aid Fitting. Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Maaike Van Eeckhoutte,Bettina Skjold Jasper,Erik Finn Kjærbøl,David Harbo Jordell,Torsten Dau
The use of in-situ audiometry for hearing aid fitting is appealing due to its reduced resource and equipment requirements compared to standard approaches employing conventional audiometry alongside real-ear measures. However, its validity has been a subject of debate, as previous studies noted differences between hearing thresholds measured using conventional and in-situ audiometry. The differences
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Modeling the Intelligibility Benefit of Active Noise Cancelation in Hearing Devices That Improve Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Andrew T Sabin,Dale McElhone,Daniel Gauger,Bill Rabinowitz
The extent to which active noise cancelation (ANC), when combined with hearing assistance, can improve speech intelligibility in noise is not well understood. One possible source of benefit is ANC's ability to reduce the sound level of the direct (i.e., vent-transmitted) path. This reduction lowers the "floor" imposed by the direct path, thereby allowing any increases to the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
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Contextual Lateralization Based on Interaural Level Differences Is Preshaped by the Auditory Periphery and Predominantly Immune Against Sequential Segregation Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Bernhard Laback
The perceived azimuth of a target sound is determined by the interaural time difference and the interaural level difference (ILD) and is subject to contextual effects from precursor sounds. This st...
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Temporal Cues in the Judgment of Music Emotion for Normal and Cochlear Implant Listeners Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Tanmayee Pathre, Jeremy Marozeau
Several studies have established that Cochlear implant (CI) listeners rely on the tempo of music to judge the emotional content of music. However, a re-analysis of a study in which CI listeners jud...
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Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Sudeep Surendran, Srdan Prodanovic, Stefan Stenfelt
Bone conduction (BC) stimulation has mainly been used for clinical hearing assessment and hearing aids where stimulation is applied at the mastoid behind the ear. Recently, BC has become popular fo...
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U.S. Population Data on Hearing Loss, Trouble Hearing, and Hearing-Device Use in Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–12, 2015–16, and 2017–20 Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Larry E. Humes
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data on audiometric hearing loss, self-reported trouble hearing, and the use of hearing aids and assistive listening devices (ALDs) for...
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U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018 Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Larry E. Humes
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data on self-reported trouble hearing and the use of hearing aids were examined for the 12 recent surveys from 2007 to 2018 for adults from 18 to 85+ yea...
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Predicting Hearing aid Benefit Using Speech-Evoked Envelope Following Responses in Children With Hearing Loss Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Vijayalakshmi Easwar, David Purcell, Trevor Wright
Electroencephalography could serve as an objective tool to evaluate hearing aid benefit in infants who are developmentally unable to participate in hearing tests. We investigated whether speech-evo...
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Time-specific Components of Pupil Responses Reveal Alternations in Effort Allocation Caused by Memory Task Demands During Speech Identification in Noise Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Patrycja Książek, Adriana A. Zekveld, Lorenz Fiedler, Sophia E. Kramer, Dorothea Wendt
Daily communication may be effortful due to poor acoustic quality. In addition, memory demands can induce effort, especially for long or complex sentences. In the current study, we tested the impac...
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Hearing Thresholds for Unscreened U.S. Adults: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020 * Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Larry E. Humes
Hearing threshold levels (HTLs) at 500–8,000 Hz from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020 were analyzed for males and females ranging in...
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Modified T2 Statistics for Improved Detection of Aided Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Hearing-Impaired Infants Trends Hear. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Michael Alexander Chesnaye, Steven Lewis Bell, James Michael Harte, Lisbeth Birkelund Simonsen, Anisa Sadru Visram, Michael Anthony Stone, Kevin James Munro, David Martin Simpson
The cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) is a change in neural activity in response to sound, and is of interest for audiological assessment of infants, especially those who use hearing aids. ...